West Virginia is about to take a leap of faith in voting technology — but it could put people’s ballots at risk. Next month, it will become the first state to deploy a smartphone app… Read More
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Trump Campaign Aide Requested Online Manipulation Plans From Israeli Intelligence Firm
A top Trump campaign official requested proposals in 2016 from an Israeli company to create fake online identities, to use social media manipulation and to gather intelligence to help defeat Republican primary race opponents and… Read More
Was there a plan to help Julian Assange escape to Russia?
The latest round in WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s intensifying drama during the six years he’s spent inside Ecuador‘s embassy in London involves allegations the government in Quito tried to give him diplomatic status last year… Read More
House Republicans block Democrats’ request for Trump-Putin meeting details
House Foreign Affairs Committee Republicans have rejected Democrats’ request that the State Department turn over documents that would explain what President Trump and Russian President #Vladimir Putin discussed in their July one-on-one meeting in Helsinki…. Read More
FBI’s Wray: Americans ‘can have confidence’ in elections
FBI Director Christopher Wray on Thursday assured Americans that they could have confidence in the U.S. election system during the November midterm elections despite efforts from the Russian government to undermine it. Wray gave his… Read More
Dutch expelled Russians over alleged novichok lab hacking plot
The Dutch government expelled two alleged Russian spies this year after they were accused of planning to hack into a Swiss chemicals laboratory where novichok nerve agent samples from the Salisbury attack were analysed, it… Read More
Murdered Russian exile survived earlier poisoning attempt, police believe
Detectives investigating the murder of a Russian exile in London believe he was previously the target of a poisoning attempt carried out by two mysterious men from Moscow who visited him in a Bristol hotel… Read More
Novichok poisoning victim Charlie Rowley treated for meningitis
The novichok poisoning victim Charlie Rowley is being treated in hospital for meningitis and sight problems but is hoping to be discharged within a month. Rowley said he was happy with what doctors had told… Read More